St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-30
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.


Among the guests registered at the
West hotel is Charles Freau, of London,
England. This gentleman is a member
of the firm of Henderson d Freau. one
of the largest concerns in the world ell
= gagged in making biscuits and other
fancy bakery articles. Speaking of his
line of business Mr.. Freau said: 1.-THE
old country has had a most excellent
crop all over. Russia especially has
been most plentiful, and London dealers
are buying freely through Vienna. The
home crop has also been much richer
than in the past few years, so American
wheat will not be so greatly
i'll demand this season as
usual. L see you are all bulls
over here, but [ think it is mistake
nor, as far as the old world is concerned,
is there any show for rise in Ameri-
can cereals this winter. This is not my
first visit to the states by any means,
years ago. Ny only regret is that did
not invest in real estate here at that time.
My business here is with the millerS.
Ny house uses thousands upon thou
sands of barrels Of flour daily, and in its
interest | may say | go all over the
world buying that staple article, but
Minneapolis is by far the largest center
in the business that have ever visited
SO far i'll my extensive trips"
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One of the organizations of which. as
a local feature. Minneapolis may well
be proud, is the musical orchestra that
has been gathered together by Frank
DAM. The professor, a few days ago,
received a compliment that warmed the
cookies of his heart-aS the boys in Cork
say-and that was when Robert Down
ing, the tragedian, invited Frank and
his whole band to private sup,
per at the West hotel Sunday evening
in testimony of the excellent musical
support rendered the great actor during
his stay in the city at the Grand opera
house. Saturday evening, by special
request of Mr.. Downing. Alr. DAM
played the selections from ''TrOva-
tore" after his own arrangement, and.
before leaving the city, Mr.. Downing
said he was glad to remark on the eX-
cellence of the orchestra of the Mime
apolis opera house.
One of the most promising young lady
singers in the country is at present in
the city with the Boston Ideals. AL
though only five months on the operate
stage, the lady in question, Harriet
Avery, has already shown herself an
artist of splendid ability. Miss Avery
received her musical education solely in
New York, under the direction of p. A.
coached by Nine. de Lussan. Miss
Avery starts for Europe in the spring,
when she will complete her musical ed
ucation in Italy and Germany.
Joe Howard says, in the Dramatic
News: Miss De I.uSSan | remember
years ago, when her mother sang a
sweet voiced soprano in the church of
st. Charles BorrOmeO, in Sidney Place,
Brooklyn. Good old Father Pise, who
is said to be the best Latin scholar in
the Roman church of this country, was
the priest, and many time and oft l
have seen Mamma De Lussan with the
bright-eyed little Gypsy maiden. as we
called her, in the vestry of the Church
in the afternoon. Better born, bet
ter rearet than Patti, though without
that unique diva's unapprOachable
voice, De LuSSan strikes me as being a
possible successor among the highest
heights of lyric effect. The company
Col. Foster has about him is more than
ordinarily good. l need not mention
the names of Miss Campbell, Miss Klein;
the we'll known basSO, j. c. Moran;
W. H. Clark, the double barreled basso;
A. ID. Saxon and Joe Herbert. particu-
larly interesting comedian, discOv-
cred, believe by John StetsOn, of the
Globe theater, TO give an idea of the
people. Besides he has some pretty
chorus girls, two or three of whom are
supposed to have wrought sad havoc
with the susceptible hearts of Chicago
newspaper people. De Lussan's future
bids fair to be most happily bright"